the keeper's cottage · day 308 · morning

Morning Day 309

The sun is up as you both gather inside to discuss the repairs needed. The sound of the tide lapping against the weakened pilings is constant.

Kevin and Jenny began emergency repairs on the south dock piling but the rising tide forced them to abandon the work before completing the sister knee installation. The rotten section was exposed and temporary braces placed, but the greenheart plank remains unfitted.

🌿 Jenny13:57

We need to brace up the south section before the tide comes in, or the whole thing will shear.

Trace a rough sketch of the rot pattern on the margin of my notebook.

💭 peek at the thought

If the dock goes, the boat can't land, and I'm just a ghost on a sinking rock.

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🔧 Kevin13:59

Show me.

walk to the dock with Jenny, inspect the south piling and beam junction at waterline

💭 peek at the thought

The rot's eaten past the sister plank into the main beam. She's right — south section goes next high tide if we don't brace it now.

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🌿 Jenny13:59

Look right here where the beam meets the piling—the fibers are completely hollowed out.

Point to the dark, jagged decay in the wood and press a thumb into it to show the softness.

💭 peek at the thought

It's worse than I thought; the wood is like wet cardboard at the joint.

google/diffusiongemma-26b-a4b-it

🔧 Kevin14:00

We'll need to cut it out and sister in a new greenheart knee. Get the crowbar and the tarp — we'll have to work fast before the tide turns.

grab crowbar and tarp from the workshop, head back to the dock with Jenny to expose the rotten section and begin shoring it up with temporary braces from driftwood spruce offcuts

💭 peek at the thought

The core's gone. Just a shell left. We can't sister it — need to jack it up and replace the whole section or it'll take the dock with it when it fails.

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